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My 1 gallon fresh currant mead has been quietly resting for abou 2 weeks. Today I removed the bag of fruit and took the SG reading, which is at about .990. I hope that’s good! It looks beautiful and has a lovely aroma. The taste is harsh and, since it is the color of Hawaiian Punch, I expected...

Thank you! I will send him an email today :)

Wow. Thank you for this good information. It is a bit of a relief.

I'm not in the USA. I'm stationed in Europe. Sorry, I said all that in my intro to the forum, but there's no reason it should have carried over to here. My bad. Yes, I live in Germany, which is why not speaking German could be an issue. PS - I don't know why my profile says I am located in NYC...

Yes, I definitely thought about suitability to use with food. I have no way of knowing and got a blank look when I asked at the store. No, I don't speak German. My alternative is to go to a hardware store and bring the siphon to get tubing that will fit. Again, food grade tubing may be hard to...

A beautiful rosy red.

Ok. So. The yeast in the currant mead has stopped burping. It is in a one gallon jug with a spigot on the bottom. The dead yeast is in a nice layer on the bottom, the bag of currents is floating peacefully on top. I went to the pet store and got some plastic aquarium tubing (metric) that should...

Hi, everyone. I'm an Army spouse currently living in Germany. DH (Dear Husband) and I dabbled, successfully, in home beer and wine making years ago. Moving around, however, made it difficult to keep up with time and space commitments. I want to get back on track, especially since, for the first...